Mossos d’Esquadra for five hours evacuated two of the most high-profile occupied properties People who lived in Barcelona in the past months Bonanova They complained about the insecurity it created Kubo and Ruïna and in the middle of the municipal election campaign, many parties took advantage of this situation to demand his release.
For more than a month, a special device was prepared to evacuate the two buildings without significant incident. The final balance can be considered successful. However, it was difficult for them to enter in the beginning because number of blind objectsThey bought steel balls, bottles, bags of stones or construction debris, as well as fireworks and paints, as well as smoke canisters.
So for the first time, agents used a type of iron cage on wheels, protected by shields, to reach the perimeter of buildings and make a hole this allowed them to enter Kubo. As objects continue to rain down on them from there, with a ram They moved in as another unit crossed La Ruïna and entered the garden.
It was difficult for them to overcome obstacles and some traps such as blocked holes, but they gradually secured the security of the two buildings floor by floor as the activists concentrated on the roof. One of them hung on the wall of El Kubo, while the other three were on the deck of La Ruïna.
Seven people were arrested
Reaching the upper floors, the police identified the 7 activists resisting in the occupied buildings. The evacuation process then began with the help of the Mossos Mountain Unit. hanged activist and Barcelona Firefighters, crane to lower them from the roof One by one from La Ruïna. No one was injured except a police officer slightly behind.
Police commanders monitored the evacuation from the Command Center at the Bolivia Street police station in Barcelona and were able to manage the operation thanks to images sent by the police. drones deployed. In addition to riot police, Mossos also mobilized agents from canine, air and mountain units for the evacuation. The slum dwellers, six men and one woman of legal age, surrendered without resistance, although they remained there. detained For attack and disobedience to authority. Sareb, the owner of the buildings, announced that he would provide private security to prevent a new occupation.
political visit
After the area was secured, Interior Minister Joan Ignasi Elena, chief commissioner Eduard Sallent and the director general of the Generalitat Police went to the vacant properties. Pere FerrerAs well as Maria Eugènia Gay, deputy mayor of Barcelona and regional councillor. While Elena stated that the evacuation “was successful and no significant incidents occurred”, Sallent stated that the important thing was that “no one was harmed”.
short protest
While the properties were evacuated, one hundred people activists dressed in black and hooded Although they did not stay in the buildings for a long time, those who came to support the activists wandered around the area. According to Mossos, they also damaged a real estate company before disbanding.
Slogans and applause were also heard in favor of the agents who held up a banner with the slogan “Your luxury is our misery. Our homes are trenches” in El Kubo. After completing the eviction process as per the court’s instructions, the police handed over the properties to its owner, Sareb.